11/18/23 Fatal Accident at Eden Stone Company
18 November 2023 News
A 50-year-old West Bend man died after he was pinned under equipment that had fell at the Eden Stone Company on Fond du Lac County Highway V in the Town of Eden Friday afternoon. Staff at Eden Stone had started CPR and directed first responders to the scene of the accident. When deputies arrived, the man had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. Deputies and fire personnel attempted life-saving measures, but their efforts weren’t successful. The man died at the scene. The initial investigation showed that employees were unloading a large steel piece of new stone saw from a semi-truck. The piece of steel became unstable and tipped over on its side trapping the victim. Employees were quickly able to free the victim from being trapped within seconds of the accident. No one else was injured. The man was an Eden Stone employee. The accident happened shortly before 4 pm Friday.
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